Cyprinidae

Mandras shemaya

Alburnus mandrensis

A bleak restricted to the Lake Mandra drainage of Bulgaria

• White
• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Europe
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Alburnus mandrensis, the Mandras bleak, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. The species is restricted only to the drainage of Lake Mandra in Bulgaria that includes the rivers Izvorska reka, Fakiyska reka, Sredetska reka and Rusokastrenska reka. It is threatened by pollution (domestic and industrial) and the impoundment of spawning streams.